Ludwig Guttmann's Academic Relationship with Postwar Germany.


Journal

World neurosurgery
ISSN: 1878-8769
Titre abrégé: World Neurosurg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101528275

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2019
Historique:
received: 27 02 2019
revised: 02 05 2019
accepted: 03 05 2019
pubmed: 17 5 2019
medline: 21 1 2020
entrez: 17 5 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Sir Ludwig Guttmann's pioneering work in the treatment of spinal injury not only improved the care for patients with paraplegia up to now but revolutionized basic principles of neurorehabilitation. A wide selection of publications honors the personal and academic life of this singular German neurologist and neurosurgeon of Jewish descent. When the Nazis came into power, Guttmann was dismissed from his hospital workplace, humiliated, and later forced to leave Germany. Surprisingly, after the Second World War, the psychiatrist Friedrich Panse, who had been a member of the Nazi party, initiated Guttmann's academic rehabilitation up to his nomination as emeritus professor of Cologne University in 1964. The present article recounts the difficult academic restitution and poses the question why Guttmann sought to re-establish connections to Germany, a country that had expelled him so harshly some decades before.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31096031
pii: S1878-8750(19)31305-1
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.031
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Biography Historical Article Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

398-402

Sujets (noms de personnes)

{'last_name': 'Guttmann', 'fore_name': 'Ludwig', 'initials': 'L'}

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Daniel Dubinski (D)

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. Electronic address: danieldubinski@gmail.com.

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